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To: stockman_scott who wrote (58100)	10/2/2004 2:56:18 PM
From: AuBug	Read Replies (1) of 89467

Sadly I heard Kerry is going to be hard pressed to nail Bush on being in bed with the coal industry and their emissions of methyl mercury causing birth defects because he cannot afford to offend the 3 coal states. Bill Moyers did a great show on the coal topic and explained how Bush even appointed a coal industry lobbyist to a top administration job that writes regulations covering the coal miners. pbs.org MOYERS: The signature on the letter to Hahn is none over than J. Steven Griles. J. Steven Griles: You may remember that we introduced Mr. Griles to you a few weeks ago. He's the man President Bush named to the second most powerful job at the Interior Department to make sure industry gets what it wants. J. Steven Griles is notorious for his conflicts of interest. As a lobbyist for oil, gas and mining companies, he enters government to help enrich the companies he once worked for and then returns to industry to enrich himself. I'm not making this up. During his time in the Reagan administration he worked to undercut surface-mining laws, tried to keep the public from knowing about the environmental hazards of offshore drilling, and just before leaving office, reduced royalty rates for the coal industry that then turned around and hired him. What's at stake in all this is a very down-to-earth matter. What's at stake is literally the kind of place this will be when we're gone. What will the earth be like when my four grandchildren are my age? That's what the summit in Johannesburg next week will be wrestling with: how to achieve sustainable development: growth that meets our needs today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. That is also the topic of a first-rate documentary next Thursday on the PBS series WIDE ANGLE. Ten years ago, filmmakers began following several children from different countries who were born just as world leaders were meeting in Rio de Janeiro. The film tracks how these kids are being affected by economic and environmental developments. Tonight we have an excerpt from that film. It's called GROWING UP GLOBAL.

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